The Birds (story)
1952 short story by Daphne du Maurier / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the du Maurier story. For the 1957 Norwegian novel by Tarjei Vesaas, see The Birds (novel). For the 1963 film based on the story, see The Birds (film).
"The Birds" is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection The Apple Tree. The story is set in du Maurier's home county of Cornwall shortly after the end of the Second World War. A farmhand, his family and community come under lethal attack from flocks of birds.
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Short story by Daphne du Maurier | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Genre(s) | Horror, thriller, novelette |
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Published in | The Apple Tree |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
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Publication date | 1952 |
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The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds, released in 1963, the same year that The Apple Tree was reprinted as The Birds and Other Stories. In 2009, the Irish playwright Conor McPherson adapted the story for the stage at Dublin's Gate Theatre.